Fire Damages North Side Home

Firefighters closed a portion of Wall Street on Tuesday as they battled a blaze that gutted the basement of a North Side house.

Wall was blocked off between Ivanhoe and Jay roads for nearly three hours.

A boy who lives at the house at 9209 N. Wall reported the fire just after 1 p.m. It apparently began in a basement bedroom, said Skip Wells of Fire District 9.

Wells said damage was extensive. The family’s cat was killed, but there were no other injuries.

Investigators haven’t determined the cause of the blaze.

, DataTimes